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by Trebor
Fri Sep 18, 2015 7:47 am
Forum: Recording Equipment
Topic: Strange waveforms in Audacity
Replies: 12
Views: 2294

Re: Strange waveforms in Audacity

... I do some high end EQ reduction on the pipes so they are not so shrilly. http://www.frc272.com/files/IrishThunder/CD/BandPractice_2015-08-26_Mixdown/BellsSet_EQ_only.mp3 What did any of you think of the mix and arrangement? Be brutal... :D IMO it lacks treble , as-if there was a wall between th...
by Trebor
Fri Sep 18, 2015 1:04 am
Forum: Recording Equipment
Topic: Strange waveforms in Audacity
Replies: 12
Views: 2294

Re: Strange waveforms in Audacity

...We are mixing using Audacity. Free Sample: http://www.frc272.com/files/IrishThunder/CD/BandPractice_2015-08-26_Mixdown/BellsSet_EQ_Large_Room_Reverb.mp3 Any suggestions or comments are appreciated.... Here's sentence I'd never thought I'd write : the bagpipes aren't loud-enough ... Bagpipes, bef...
by Trebor
Tue Sep 15, 2015 10:25 am
Forum: Audio Processing
Topic: Compressor needs better parameter options
Replies: 21
Views: 3049

Re: Compressor needs better parameter options

jimmyhosen wrote:I believe that the built-in lookahead "Compressor" effect needs better parameter options.

Audacity comes with another compressor called "SC4" which has plenty of parameters to tweak ...
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/sc4.html
by Trebor
Tue Sep 15, 2015 1:09 am
Forum: Making Music with Audacity
Topic: How to create a preview of one hour long music mixes ?
Replies: 8
Views: 1125

Re: How to create a preview of one hour long music mixes ?

Could use Audacity's envelope-tool to select the bits you want in the showreel , with fade-in & fade-out to taste ... http://forum.audacityteam.org/download/file.php?id=11246 Then apply " mix & render to a new track " , then use Audacity's truncate-silence to remove all the silence...
by Trebor
Tue Sep 15, 2015 12:55 am
Forum: macOS
Topic: isolate a specific frequency
Replies: 4
Views: 806

Re: isolate a specific frequency

I have a video recording of an outdoor wedding that has a great deal of background noise from air conditioners and the minister can be barely heard ... Some improvement may be possible if you remove all the frequencies except the range essential to understand speech, include 200Hz to 4000Hz , exclu...
by Trebor
Mon Sep 14, 2015 5:07 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: New mic, new to Audacity, not new to music.
Replies: 9
Views: 512

Re: New mic, new to Audacity, not new to music.

... I'm inquiring about the standard equalization settings that would usually be applied to a raw vocal track. Same thing for an acoustic guitar... Real-time adjustment of equalization is possible in Audacity 2.1.X if you install this free plugin ... http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?p=28...
by Trebor
Sun Sep 13, 2015 11:18 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Transferring 78 RPM Records - Buzzing?
Replies: 9
Views: 564

Re: Transferring 78 RPM Records - Buzzing?

ClassicalFan wrote:using that curve is pretty amazing!
It's possible to add [generate] harmonics to make it sound less-muffled, ( but then it's no-longer a faithful recording of the 78)
before-after harmonics added.png
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by Trebor
Sun Sep 13, 2015 12:10 pm
Forum: macOS
Topic: Any presets for bass removal and
Replies: 9
Views: 604

Re: Any presets for bass removal and

??? do not see any MUTE button, therefore nothing to click above ??? Audacity can edit many tracks at once. To select the track you want to apply the effect to, left-mouse-click on the panel with "Hz" on it, immediately-above the "Mute" & "Solo" buttons . The selec...
by Trebor
Sat Sep 12, 2015 9:32 pm
Forum: Making Music with Audacity
Topic: Can I sell the music that I recorded on audacity??
Replies: 4
Views: 1580

Re: Can I sell the music that I recorded on audacity??

... Youtube's question is: What used the software for editing music? link to the terms of the software license Some software used to create music , ( rather than just edit music) , includes samples [recordings] of musical instruments & voices*. In some cases the music you create with those samp...